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Senators reveal bipartisan plan to avert shutdown for 7 weeks Senate leaders released the details of a seven-week stopgap spending bill on Tuesday afternoon, hoping to pass a bill through both chambers of Congress within five days — and little room for error. The temporary spending bill, called a continuing resolution, would fund federal agencies…

A look at the membership of the Senate Ethics Committee — a body unlikely to move swiftly against Bob Menendez. The Senate Ethics Committee hasn’t indicated it will take swift action against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) while his pending federal charges continue to unfold. But the possibility of committee work may keep its members from…

Hill staffers’ student loan repayment program will shut off during a shutdown, right as most other borrowers’ debt repayment restarts. Nearly 2,000 Hill staffers on Capitol Hill will get an unpleasant surprise on Oct. 1 if there’s a shutdown — and it’s not just a furlough notice. Staff enrolled in the student loan repayment assistance…

Here we go again: The House tees up a rule vote, while the Senate charts their own shutdown avoidance path. Today is set to be a major test for House Republicans after two weeks of stumbles on spending action. But their chosen path, moving forward on individual spending bills, doesn’t get them closer to averting…

Lawmakers from the Democratic Women’s Caucus want committee chairs to add more women as witnesses. Pushing for parity: Lawmakers from the House Democrats’ Women’s Caucus are pushing Republican committee chairs to add more women as panelists and witnesses, according to a new letter first reported by POLITICO. “The current lack of gender parity is concerning,…

Senate Democrats turn on Menendez — even Cory Booker The dam is breaking: A torrent of Democratic senators are now calling for the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez, led by his longtime home-state ally Sen. Cory Booker and a group of swing-state Democrats up for reelection in 2024. More than a dozen Democratic senators joined…